Flood — Luna, New Mexico

2020-09-09 · near Gage, Luna, New Mexico

Event narrative

Flooding resulted from earlier rainfall north of Interstate 10. I-10 was down to one lane due to water on the road near mile marker 68. Flooding also occurred along New Mexico 418 and some nearby backroads with some homes affected.

Wider weather episode

An extremely deep upper low was moving into the Four Corners region while a back door cold front moved into the region bringing record low temperatures to the Borderland. Southwest flow aloft combined with the cold front to bring severe thunderstorms on the afternoon and early evening of the 8th while prolonged lift over the stalled front around Luna county brought flooding rains during the first half of the day on the 9th.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 920706. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.